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Job Location drjobs

Columbia - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Job Description: ***PLEASE READ THIS REQUEST IN DETAIL 2 CERTIFICATIONS ARE NEEDED THIS NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY LISTED ON RESUME.
THE ITEM NEEDED AT SUBMISSION MUST COME FROM THE WEBSITE AND IT IS A PRINT SCREEN. DO NOT PROIVIDE A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATION AS THAT IS NOT WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED.***

50% remote Mon Tuesday Thursday on site; Wed and Friday at home; 8:NA AM ET 5:00 PM ET *40 hrs/week


SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
The purpose of this IT expenditure is to hire a project manager for the next three years to assist with and oversee the procurement development and implementation of a new electronic infectious disease surveillance system (with associated user interface) to modernize disease reporting surveillance and management. The infectious disease surveillance system is critical to the States capacity to monitor and control the spread of infectious diseases detect outbreaks of infectious diseases respond in a timely manner to control their spread and report these data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This system will form the foundation of the public health data warehouse environment for DPH and must conform to the specifications of the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This system will be the basis of an evolving integrated surveillance environment.

In addition the project manager will continue to oversee and assist with enhancements of Maven SCION the current electronic infectious disease surveillance system until the new system is implemented.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
JOB PURPOSE:
Under limited supervision the Project Manager will work with the Communicable Disease Epidemiology Section (CDES) Tuberculosis STD/HIV and Lead Program Areas the Project Management Office QI/QA and the OIT. Contractor to coordinate and oversee all project management activities related to the procurement and implementation of a new electronic disease surveillance system and oversee the upgrades of the current SCION system until the new one is in place.

JOB FUNCTIONS:
Responsible for scope management of the project including but not limited to the development of the WBS WBS dictionary and the project scope statement.
Review and determine the impact of all scope change requests and submit them to the Project Sponsor for review and approval.
Develop the scope control and validation measures and communicate any changes to scope to all project participants.
Ensure that all project documentation is updated based on any changes made.
Utilize processes templates etc. approved by the project management office.
Develop and maintain a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress.
Communicates progress risks expectations timelines milestones and other key project metrics to team members and management staff. Where project control is in jeopardy creates contingency plans with appropriate input from key team members and implement a revised project schedule scope in a timely manner.
Other general project management duties as assigned.
The position will be utilized for up to 40 hours per week for the duration of this project. The selected candidate should be able to work flexible hours where it may be necessary for work to be completed outside traditional business hours.
The candidate will work closely with the CDES TB STD/HIV and Lead Program Areas the Project Management Office QI/QA and the OIT to identify prioritize and schedule workload and implementation. The position will work with program area team members to ensure that all business and contractual requirements are met to support the project.
Candidates must be selfmotivated teamoriented work under limited supervision and respond to priority tasks as needed.

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
Experience with project management of large enterpriselevel projects with proven implementation success.
PMP certification (through PMI)
Requirements gathering
Ability to develop communicate and present project documentation and reports.
Software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
Experience in agile/scrum.
Knowledge of information technology field best practices organization and operations
Expert with Microsoft o3NA products and applications (Word Excel Powerpoint Outlook Teams Sharepoint and Project)
Knowledge of information technology field best practices organization and operations
Ability to learn new systems and become an expert
Excellent written oral and interpersonal communication skills
Flexible and easily adapts to changing priorities.
Ticketing system (e.g. Jira)

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
Experience managing an ELCfunded project
Ability to establish positive working relationships with technical staff customers and others involved in datacentric management.
Ability to integrate technical systems with agency goals and objectives.
Experience with industry standard information security practices

REQUIRED EDUCATION:
Bachelors or Masters Degree in a relevant field of work or equivalent work experience.
Possesses 57 years of work experience managing IT implementation projects of moderate complexity and scope.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:
PMP CERTIFICATION (THROUGH PMI)
MICROSOFT PROJECT CERTIFICATION / TRAINING

INTERVIEW PROCESS (who will conduct i/v phone or inperson how many rounds of i/vs)
One initial round of phone interviews will be scheduled for the top 35 candidates after the close of the posting date. If no candidate is selected a second round of interviews will be conducted. Initially obviously unqualified candidates will be disqualified with reason stated on the initial review. Possible candidates even ones that are not interviewed will not be disqualified until an offer is made and accepted. The internal project manager the key customer representative and the technical lead will participate in all interviews.

SCHEDULE INTERVIEW: How soon can you schedule an interview (date / times)
After the closing date the top candidates will be notified of two possible phone interview times. If one of these two times is not accepted then the candidate is disqualified.

Additional Sills: Skills:
Category
Name
Required
Importance
Level
Last Used
Experience
Administrative Verbal Communication Skills Yes 1 Advanced Currently Using 6 Years Administrative Written Communication Skills Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 6 Years Miscellaneous Requirements Gathering No 3 Intermediate Within 5 Years 1 2 Years Packaged Applications MICROSOFT PROJECT 2013 Yes 1 Expert Within 6 Months 2 4 Years Packaged Applications MS OFFICE 3NA Yes 2 Intermediate Within 2 Years 1 2 Years Program Management Change Management Yes 1 Expert Within 2 Years 2 4 Years Program Management Experience with managing the implementation of major (multimillion dollar) projects Yes 1 Expert Within 6 Months 6 Years Program Management EXPERIENCE WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF LARGE ENTERPRISE LEVEL PROJECTS WITH PROVEN IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS Yes 1 Expert Within 6 Months 6 Years Program Management Project Management experience Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 6 Years Program Management Project Management Professional (PMP) certification Yes 1 Expert Currently Using 6 Years Program Management Agile/Scrum Methodology No 2 Advanced Within 2 Years 1 2 Years Program Management PMO projects No 3 Intermediate Within 2 Years 2 4 Years Program Management Waterfall No 2 Advanced Within 2 Years 2 4 Years

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